Improvement in baling short-cut hay and straw



N. PErERs, PHomu'mOGRAPNER. WASHINGTON D C -lilttrfl gieten @anni (twine,

Letters Patent No. 91,057, dated June 8,1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALING- SHORT-CUT HAY AND STRAW.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, STEPHEN W. ADWEN, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Baling Short-Gut Hay and Straw; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.-

Figure'l is a planof a bale of hay baled in my improved manner. y

`Figure 2, section of a portion thereof.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in bothgures.-

My invention consists in the employment, in baling short-cut. hay and straw, of paper sheets combined with stiening-laths, or slats, for enveloping and holding the bale in form.

In the drawings- A indicates the bale of hay or straw, out fine, in condition for use, and compressed in form in the usual manner.

This bale is covered with sheets of heavy and strong paper B, and longitudinally over these are placed laths or slats G C, at suitable distances apart, and the whole is bound in place by the-usnal cords D D.

In long hay there is no diiculty in baling, for the reason of the adhesion and intermingling ofthe straws. In short-cut, however, in order to keep the ,material together, it is necessary in baling tol provide an outer covering, or envelope. The only covering heretofore employed, so far as I am aware, is long straw, held by cords or hoops, but havingv no 'slats or stilfeners, as shown in the patent to Charles Brown, dated August 27, 1867, No. 68,282.

, In the use of straw there are some difiiculties which it is desirable to obviate. It is difficult to spread it equally, so as to perfectly enclose the short-cut material, especially when subject to the action of the press, and, therefore, the contents of the bale are liable to escape. By constant handling and rough usage, the

covering is liable to separate, and thus allow escape.

The straw is also liable to catch and pull ont, and thus disturb the whole-covering.

In cities, where most baling is done, it is dicult to obtain a supply of long straw; furthermore, the use of straw, without stiffeners, or slats, gives but little strength or endurance tothe bale under rough handling and transportation.

I propose a remedy, by the employment ofthe paper, as before described, combined with the stiffeners.

Paper, with a very great degree of strength, can be furnished at much less cost than straw, and in cities is always readily obtained, as it is an article of commerce.

It perfectly encloses the material of the bale, so that there can be no escape. Its strength is such (protected and shielded by the stiieners) that it cannot easily tearor wear, qualit-ies that recommend it specially for use in baling. It adds no appreciable weight or material to the bale.

The stilieners or laths are van indispensable adjunct of the paper, since they serve, not only to shield and protect it, but also to hold it extended in place, and also to give a degree of stiffness and form to the bale itself. I believe, however, that the paper alone, with the binding-cords, would be far more eective than straw.

I am aware that long straw has been used in baling short-cut feed on the outside -of the bale, 'to .prevent the escape of the contents; but as this forms no part of my invention, I do not wish to claim its use.

WhatlI claim'as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, a bale of short-cut feed enclosed inpaper B, and retained in a compressed state by means of slats O and binders I), substantially as described.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

STEPHEN W. ADWEN.

Witnesses:

R. F. Oseoon, W. H. ADWEN. 

